Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-24
A LUTHER OF OUR OWN.
DR.. M'GLYNN ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
AS THE MODERN LUTHER.

A Philippe Against the Roman Pontiff
His Advisors and His Methods-Soms
Very Vigorous Criticisms of the Same
The obstinate Consistency of the Ro
man Machine "A Jesuit's Success.
BUFFALO, n Y, June 24-Father Nc
Glynn, formerly of St Stephens church, in
New York City, declared in an interview
here Thursday that he was the Martin Luther
of the nineteenth century He defied the pope
and ridiculed the church His lecture OF
"The Cross of the New Crusade" at Lieder
tafel hall, was largely attended No Catholic
clergymen were noticed in the audience
Bishop Ryan having stated in rather EN-
phatic manner that ''the priests of Buffalo had
too much sense and knew their duty too well
to attend the lecture" Bishop Ryan further
said that the Henry George movement could
not last, and that his theories were so antag-
onistie to the church and her children that
they could not be upheld. Dr. McGlvnn',
statement made subsequently was quite EN-
phatic. He said that he had not been sum
moned to Rome in any regular way, but only
by the secretary of Archbishop Corrigan He
could not now get to Rome within the speci
fed time if he desired to He added:
in the good old days of Calico they could
take layman to Rome in chains for what
they think | am guilty of The R oman au
thorities will ultimately learn by bitter ex
perience to attend to their spiritual bushes,
at home, and to interfere less with politics il
Ireland America and other countries, unless
in the gravest cases of clear departure from
the unquestioned dogmatic teachings of the
church.
"1he determination has been made in adj
vance by Cardinal Simeoni and the pope that
they were not to confer with me, nor ever
try me, but to punish, humiliate and con
denim me. Few know as | do the merciless
and obstinate consistency of the Roman &c
clesiastical machine III sticking to errors Of
policy and politics when they are in the inter
est and ambition of temporal power even al
the expense of sacrificing the facts and relg
ions of whole nations, and opposing the most
natural aspirations of the people for national
development, scientific progress and national
liberty.
81 am not so foolish or presumptuous as t.
suppose that arguments can diminish thu
stupidity, enlighten the gross ignorance, Of
bend the obstinacy of that relentless machine
This can be done only by great providenua
changes that will break, crush and impover
ish the Roman machine and reduce the
Roman bishop to the simplicity of a Leo L
The Roman machine is anxious to have al
accredited ambassador ut Washington, who
would be in the Italian ring. and his presenc,
would be fruitful source OF corruption and
enslavement to the Catholic church of this
country.
1.-THE policy of the church now is to toady
to the proud and wealthy and kick the lowly
in the mouth. AT Rome they are laughing
in their sleeves at us for our excessive sub
missiveness to their power and for our ex
ceSsiye generosity in contributing to tn,
Peters pence TO the support of the whole
army of lackeys and fiunkies, both lay AND
clerical who surround the pope with bar
barrie pomp scarcely equalled by that of any
imperial deSpotic court